I'm participating in The Sunday Post, hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer; Showcase Sunday hosted by Books, Biscuits and Tea; and Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews. These memes allow book bloggers the chance to share print and digital books
they've received, and different posts and events at their blogs.
Last week was a crazy one, a mix of good and bad; the good - my high school reunion, I won several giveaways, the weather was mostly good; the bad - a nasty stomach bug at school wiped out kids and staff, which resulted in my putting in extra hours ( Not that I mind, but oh the work week was stressful with all the staff out sick), I myself wasn't feeling well but at least it wasn't the stomach bug, my kindle decided to stop working (but is now working again), and then on Friday afternoon my aunt died. This week looks to be busy too but I hope it'll be less stressful.
The Week In Review
Excerpt: Coexistence by Laura Wenham
Guest Post: Mari Mancusi, urban fantasy
Spotlight: First Bite by Dani Harper
Interesting search phrases that led to the blog: "bea all the right moves" No clue where that came from but I like it. :D; "how to catch a cat", "naughty book excerpts", "sweetheart quotes for her", "threesome". and 'tolkien".
1 kindle book of the Urban Harvest anthology, open internationally, ends October 26th.
Win 1 of 5 preview copies of "Wild Child" by Molly O'Keefe, or 1 of 8 preview copies of "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Molly O'Keefe, or a $20 gift card, ends October 29th.
1 paperback of the Urban Harvest anthology, open internationally, ends October 30th.
1 winner will receive their choice of a Kindle Fire 7″ HD (US Only), $199 Amazon Gift Card or $199 in Paypal Cash (International), ends October 31st.
Win 1 of 2 Fangtastic Prize Sets including 1 "Cancer Sucks But I Bite Back" mug, bookmarks, vampire swag, and a digital copy of "Unforeseen", the first book in the Alex Crocker series, ends October 31st.
1 print copy of the anthology, Very Superstitious, (US) or an ebook of each author's work (INT), ends Nov. 7th
8 signed paperbacks of "First Bite" by Dani Harper & black plush Webkinz wolf (US ONLY) and 2 Kindle books of "First Bite" plus a wolf (INTERNATIONAL), ends November 17th.
BOOKS
It was a light week for books but with so much else going on, that was a good thing. :)
Click on the cover to go to the book's goodreads page.
Won - Kindle
I won this from All Romance Ebooks in a twitter giveaway.
Library - Print
Bought - Kindle
Review - Kindle
Kindle Freebies
How was your week?
Ugh - sorry about all of the no good parts of your week, especially about your aunt. Hopefully the good outweighs the bad next week. You did get a great haul, so I hope you enjoy your books.
ReplyDeleteThanks Christy.
DeleteBea, little birdie told me you quietly celebrated your 3rd blog anniversary, but now I see some sad news as well. So sorry, darling, huge hugs and hope everything will get better for you very soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kara. :)
DeleteLovely haul, some good books I spy! I will look these up because I don't know any of these.
ReplyDeleteHappy reading!
My haul
Many of them were new to me also. :D
DeleteHappy 3rd blogoversary! Nice book haul. How did I not know there was a series called Cruise Ship Mysteries? I'm off to check it out.
ReplyDeleteLOL Let's hope the series is good. :)
DeleteI'm glad your kindle decided to work again. That makes me crazy, too! I'm so sorry about your aunt.
ReplyDeleteI hope this week is a better week all around. And Happy 3rd Blogoversery.
Thanks readholicnotes :)
DeleteThe Kindle thing is definitely making me crazy. I'm holding my breath, hoping nothing else goes wrong.
Wonderful haul. Oh that's so frustrating when your Kindle doesn't want to work. Great haul of books. I hope you love all your new goodies.
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Thank you Grace!
DeleteLove those crazy search phrases...I also have found some strange ones related to weather when Googling my name....
ReplyDeleteBroken Kindle? I must read more.
Enjoy your haul!
Here's MY WEEKLY SUNDAY/MONDAY UPDATES
Weather ones? I can imagine. :D
DeleteOh my, you have had a rough week. Sorry to hear about your aunt, my thoughts are with you. Great books this week.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by.
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Thanks Jenea. I'm hoping this week will be calmer.
DeleteWow. You've been busy. :) Have a great week this week too Bea!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a week for you! I'm so sorry about your aunt. I hope this week is better.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear about your Aunt :( and I hope you're now feeling better.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your new books.
- Wattle @ Whimsical Nature
Condolences for losing your aunt. I hope next week will turn out better. Here's my Sunday Post
ReplyDeleteWow! Sorry about the bad week. :( Here's hoping this week will balance it all out and be terrific!
ReplyDeleteOh, Bea, I'm so sorry to hear about your aunt. And I'm sorry it came on top of an already stressful week. {{{Virtual hugs}}} and I hope you have lots of love and support where you are.
ReplyDeleteThe Mr. Wuffles book looks so cute! I saw a review on another blog, and I'm definitely going to have to check it out.
Thanks for coming by my blog this weekend!
Wow Bea... hope you have a less stressful week this week!! And get better.
ReplyDeleteAwesome haul girl!
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